One of the more effective spots of the last year was brought to us by Roche Macaulay & Partners and Mad Films, which depicted an unusual Christmas scene for Eaton’s department stores….

Circle Productions’ and Palmer Jarvis ddb’s humorous campaign of four spots for British Columbia insurance company icbc has caused quite a stir on the West Coast….

As alumni of the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Joseph Nanni and Larry Ioannou discovered a special kinship when their career paths crossed at Harrod and Mirlin fcb four years ago. They have been a creative team since, and their…

In choosing the best creative teams for this year’s top-spotters, two names that came up often were writer Jana Peck and art director Wain Choi out of Cossette Toronto, the duo behind some of Saturn’s more famous spots….

Art director Scott Schneider and copywriter Blair Dewan met at Glennie Stamnes in Vancouver about two years ago and soon began to develop a creative relationship. Eventually, both moved over to Cossette Vancouver, where they became a creative advertising tag team….

Steve Kerzner regards the green-haired, grey sock puppet with great affection as he tries to light its cigar. After a couple of tries, the brown stub finally takes and soon smoke from the stogie and the smoke machine fill the new…

At press time, Canadian Association of Broadcasters was gearing up for the 26th annual can pro convention, to be held March 20-22 in Ottawa….

The Harold Greenberg Fund has provided script development funds for 14 new Canadian film projects for the second time in its fiscal year. The fund was founded by tmn and Astral Communications and the 14 new films that have been chosen…

The Canadian Film and Television Production Association is presenting its annual conference Prime Time in Ottawa Feb. 2 and 3….